Arthur John (rugby union)

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| name = Arthur John

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| full_name = David Arthur John

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|05|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gowerton, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|08|16|1900|05|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Chelsea, London, England

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| position = Inside-half

| repyears1 = 1925–28

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 4

| reppoints1 = 0

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David Arthur John (11 May 1900 — 16 August 1929) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

John was born in Gowerton and educated at Gowerton Council School.{{cite news |title=Fatal Illness |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000903/19290816/007/0007 |work=South Wales Daily Post |date=16 August 1929}}

An inside-half, John was capped five times for Wales, with one cap in 1925 and a further three in 1928.{{cite news |title=Mr. Arthur John |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19290817/186/0008 |work=Northern Whig |date=17 August 1929}} He formed a successful halfback partnership with Dai John (no relation) at Llanelly RFC, where he spent five seasons, and also played some rugby for Bedford while working in England.{{cite news |title=Death of Mr. D. A. John |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000749/19290823/205/0010 |work=Bedfordshire Times and Independent |date=23 August 1929}}

John died in a London hospital in 1929 at the age of 29, having been ill for over a year.{{cite news |title=Arthur John Dies in London |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19290817/309/0012 |work=Western Mail |date=17 August 1929}}